England head coach Eddie Jones will see out the remaining two years of his contract while defence coach John Mitchell has extended his deal until after this year's World Cup, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said Thursday.

Jones' contract runs until 2021 with the original plan that he would mentor his successor for two years but British media reported the Australian could leave if England do not reach the latter stages of the World Cup in Japan.

"Eddie has reconfirmed his commitment to stay through to 2021," RFU CEO Bill Sweeney said in a statement "The focus is on the World Cup and then making sure we get our plans in place post World Cup. We've started conversations of what the coaching structure will look like coming back from Japan and Eddie has a number of names in the frame.